Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia - Southeast Asian Programme

This Japan-born, Academy Awards® accredited festival is one of the largest film festivals in Asia. Seigo Tono (Festival Director) and Shoko Takegasa (Programme Manager) of the film festival will curate a Southeast Asian Programme for SeaShorts Film Festival.

Screening Details:

May 13, 2017 I 2230 - 0000 I Checkmate Creative

THE CAT AND THE ORANGE SEEDS

Nguyen Le Hoang Viet / Vietnam / 2014 / Vietnamese / 19min

Poet Lam is left paralyzed after an accident. He and his wife let their days quietly pass from one day to the next, until one day a golden colored cat reappears and a garden of flowers blooms.

NINE

Wanichaya Phrae junya & Chawalit Kaewmanee / Thailand / 2014 / 9min

Nine is a haunting tale of innocence lost as the Grey Cat, afraid of losing his final life, makes a deal with the devil and gets much more than he bargained for.

TO SCHOOL

Soe Moe Aung / Myanmar / 2015 / Burmese / 16min

Young Yarzar desperately wants to attend school, but growing up in rural poverty with an absent father and a struggling mother, it is up to Yarzar to work. Though he saves every kyat he can, a cyclone arrives and destroys their home…

ROZITA BINTI ROSLAN

Taufiq Kamal / Malaysia / 2014 / English / 10min

Ilham constantly seeks to define his dreams, specifically in relationships. When Rozita appears in his life, she brings new and mind-thrilling experiences for him. She changes the way he manages expectations, losses, and even fear.

A rebellious young boy, living in 1960’s Philippines, struggles against his mother’s obsession with dressing up her sons as girls so that he may gain acceptance from the community and the affection of the prettiest girl in school.

FRIEND

Yandy Laurens / Indonesia / 2015 / Bahasa Indonesia / 14min

Joko and Widodo were two old best friends, living in the village. Joko loved to gun for Widodo's chicken, and when that happened, Widodo always responded by burning Joko's house. This odd friendship then changed when Widodo had to move the city with his son and family.